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The three million toothbrush botnet story isn’t true. (cyberplace.social)

submitted 9 months ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 9 months ago (1 children)

First thing I was asking is the model of toothbrush that supposedly got hacked. AFAIK there are no mainstream electric toothbrushes with onboard WiFi. Both OralB and Philips use Bluetooth for their smart functionalities.

If the story was about smart ovens or washing machines I would have believed it.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 9 months ago

ring ring "Hello?"

"Is your refrigerator running?"

"Yes."

"Dear God! Unplug it! Unplug it now before Skynet takes over!"